Type
Some flowers and vegetables fall into subcategories that may define how they grow (such as pole or bush), what they are used for (such as slicing tomatoes or shelling peas), flower type, or other designations that will help you select the type of a class of plant that you are looking for.

Pole Snap

Days To Maturity
The average number of days from when the plant is actively growing in the garden to the expected time of harvest.

55 days

Fruit Size
The average size of the fruit produced by this product.

6 inches

Sun
The amount of sunlight this product needs daily in order to perform well in the garden. Full sun means 6 hours of direct sun per day; partial sun means 2-4 hours of direct sun per day; shade means little or no direct sun.

Start IndoorsStart Indoors
Starting seeds indoors is called Indoor Sow or Indirect Sow and these dates are when to sow seeds indoors in the spring or summer

TransplantTransplant
When to transplant bulbs or roots in the garden for spring

Start OutdoorsStart Outdoors
Starting seeds outdoors is called Outdoor Sow or Direct Sow and these dates are when to sow seeds outdoors in the spring or summer

Start Indoors FallStart Indoors Fall
Starting seeds indoors in the fall called Indoor Sow or Indirect Sow and these dates are when to sow seeds outdoors in the fall

Transplant FallTransplant Fall
Transplant Fall-When to transplant bulbs or roots in the garden for fall

Start Outdoors FallStart Outdoors Fall
Starting seeds outdoors in the fall is called Outdoor Sow or Direct Sow and these dates are when to sow seeds outdoors in the fall

SS
Succession Planting
This means that the plants have multiple harvests in a season

First Date: May-16 - Last Date: Jun-13

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Growing information

How to Sow

Because beans are members of the legume family of plants, they can benefit from an application of a soil inoculant designed for beans and peas, prior to planting. The inoculant will enable the plants to take nitrogen from the air to use as fertilizer, which can increase crop yield and quality.

Sow in average soil in a sunny location after danger of frost and soil has warmed, from spring to early summer. Sow after the soil has warmed, as seeds may rot in cooler soils.

How to Grow

In dry weather, keep soil well-watered. Plants need about 1 inch of rain per week during the growing season. Use a rain gauge to check to see if you need to add water. It’s best to water with a drip or trickle system that delivers water at low pressure at the soil level. If you water with overhead sprinklers, water early in the day so the foliage has time to dry off before evening, to minimize disease problems. Keep the soil moist but not saturated.

Cultivate or mulch to keep weed-free, but do not work or handle plants when leaves are wet.

Beans as companion plants: Planted closely in rows spaced around two feet, bush bean plants blend well with like-sized warm-season vegetables such as peppers, tomatoes and eggplants. Between towers of pole bean plants, planting vines such as squash can help keep weeds down. Pole beans can help protect cool-season vegetables such as spinach and lettuces, as the weather warms.

Harvest and Preserving Tips

For fresh use, pick pods as soon as well-filled out with peas

For dried bean use, harvest in about 80 days, when the pods start to dry on the plant.

To Dry Beans: Allow the beans to stay on the plants until they are partially dry. Then pull up the plants and hang them in a warm, dry place with good air circulation until the pods and seeds are thoroughly dry. Shell the beans and save the pods and plants for composting.

Product Details

Type

Pole Snap

Days To Maturity

55 days

Fruit Size

6 inches

Sun

Full Sun

Spread

10 inches

Height

7-9 feet

Sow Method

Direct Sow

Planting Time

Spring

Sow Time

After Last Frost

Thin

6 inches

Reviews

Bean, Pole, Seychelles is rated
3.0 out of
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Rated 5 out of
5 by
PTND from
A Winner!This bean delivered in spades for me this summer. It was about a week earlier than my other pole beans (Kentucky Blue and Fortex), and it is, as of this date, September 28th, still vigorous, healthy, and bearing heavily in my North Dakota garden. (my other varieties gave up the ghost weeks ago)
There is a freeze coming tonight, so I will pick what I can.I will get a good-sized pail by the looks of it. I have never had disease free, vigorous pole beans bearing this late in the season before. We did have a dry July and August and there has not been much leaf disease on anything this year. It was a really good garden year.

Date published: 2018-09-28

Rated 5 out of
5 by
PattyG from
Easy to grow, yields a huge amount of beansI direct planted these about 2 month's ago, I have had a large amount of beans coming from 12 plants, they are easy to grow, we used a trellis and it filled the whole thing up, these beans have a nice taste to them, very happy with my purchase, Burpee never fails me

Date published: 2018-07-24

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Akwiatkowski from
Big producer of taste beansGreat bean and will grow again. Plants are quick to grow and are now 7foot tall. Very high yield.

Date published: 2018-07-17

Rated 1 out of
5 by
JohnSr from
Disappointing Flavor & TextureI was anticipating a fresh crisp bean but these beans had little to no flavor and the texture was disappointing for a fresh green bean. The beans germinated well and the beans looked good but I will not grow these again.

Date published: 2018-06-11

Rated 1 out of
5 by
Kd54115 from
Low germinationPlanted half a packet and only 1 sprouted.
I replanted the rest of pack today so we will see what happens? Very disappointed :(

Date published: 2018-05-29

Rated 1 out of
5 by
clb1963 from
few sproutedI planted these as directed, but only nine plants came up--out of the entire pack. I desperately want French-style beans, but these disappointed.